Game.



I. H. MASON.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I8. 1916.

hmmm IL. Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

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To all whom it may concern."

Beit known that l, JAMES H. MASON, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Grand Prairie, in the county of"Dallas State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games; and li do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear', and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itsappertains to make and4 use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in games, and more particularly to a game similar tocheckers.

The invention has for its object to providd a game comprising a board having its playing surface marked with men spaces and blank spaces arranged in such relationIv that four persons can play .theagame A further object of the invention' is to provide a game board which consists of a lpair of hingedly connected sections having one of their surfaces marked with spaces' for playing the game, and its otherl surfaces provided with recesses which` are adapted to confront when the sections lare folded' so as to pro ide pockets the men r checkers.

vWith these and other objects in view,

this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation', combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the board showing the same in its operative position.

Fig. 2 is. abottom plan view. lFig. 3 is a perspective view of the board when folded.

Fig. 4. is a sectional view on line 4 4' of Fig. 3. v

Referring tov-the drawing 1 designates he board which consists' of, sections 2, said sections lhaving their adjacent longinidinal edges vconnected by hinges 3. When ;he sections areunfoldedthe board will be rectangular inA contour similar to the usual :hecker board.v The sections are provided with men spaces .a and blank spaces 5, which Specification of Letters Patent.

that' employed in for the reception of vare arranged in amanner similar to the usual checker board, lout differs therefrom in that more spaces are provided sov that played by vfour persons, each person having twelve checkers or men 6.

'Patented Mar. 27, 191W.

npglliggtion med September 1a, 191e. serial nu. 120,695.

The checkers or men 6 are t'lrst placed in the men spaces 2 at each corner of the board 1, the partners having their checkers or men .located at diagonally disposed corners certain of l the checkers being placed on spaces of the king row which extends longitudinallyof the sections 2.' It will be of course Vunderstood that the checkers or men are `moved inthe same manner as ers.

It i permissible in' playing the game that the partners can jump each others men or checkers, but'this is only resorted to when the move will be advantageous to the partners.

The under surfaces of the sections 2 are provided with recesses 7 which are adapted to form flded together, for receiving the checkers o men-.v

'One of the free edges of onebf the sections 2 is rovided with a spring latch 9 which is a apted to snap into engagement with'the lug' 10 carried by the free edge of thev other section, and when engaged serve to hold the sections with their rear faces in contacting relation so as to retain the checkers or men within the. pockets 8.

It will be of course understood that th spaces can be printed directly on the sections, or they can be printed on paper and the paper pasted on the sections.

What is claimed is vA game ofthe class descrlbcd comprising a board consisting of sections, said sections .beingA hingedlvv connected and having their upper-surfaces, provided with spaces for controlling the movement of the game pieces said gamev pieces bein initially placed the under surfaces of each section having pockets 8 when. thel sections are on spaces at each corner o the board,

the usual game of check- Q i f 1,220,871

recesses 'formed therein, said recesses being'v In testimony whereof, I 'aix my signaadapted to coincide when the sections are ture,'i1`1 the presence of two witnesses.

folded lwith their under surfaces in contact- JAMES H. MASON .Y

ing relation to provide pockets, and meansl Witnesses: 5 for holding the sections in contacting re- W. E. GIILESPIE,

lation. i v G. W. STOVALL. 

